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Sat 03 Mar 2003Maverick network steers its own Middle East course
Independent Arab TV network al-Jazeera has become the alternative voice of the Middle East media. Deaglán de Bréadún, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, reports from Doha
Earlier this week, the al-Jazeera Arabic language network inaugurated an English-language website (english.aljazeera.net). Almost immediately, right-wing American computer hackers disrupted the site so that al-Jazeera's content was replaced on Thursday with a US flag and the message "Let Freedom Ring". The small print said, "Hacked by Patriot Freedom Cyber Militia".
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